you. france intensifies its assault on the hideouts of islamic militants somalis border with algeria locals in the liberated cities claim the campaign has come at a high cost to civilians. the most comprehensive allegations yet to release the rendition and torture in secret cia prisons around the world emerge in a report released by a top american ngo. and the iranian president flies into egypt for the first time in more than three decades and a visit seen as an attempt to improve ties between the two regional heavyweights. came to power there.

live from one center here in moscow this is r.t. with you twenty four hours a day french military forces have stepped up their offensive on rebel bases in northern mali with troops moving into the city of kiddle the last bastion of islamist insurgents around eighteen hundred soldiers from chad of also join the operation meanwhile two senior islamic leaders have been captured fleeing airstrikes on the border with algeria he reports now from the war country wirelessly that is their money dollars they know what i'm going to look at today in this town in mali everyone is celebrating the capture of two important islamist leaders one of them is mohammed the head of the. a group which rich have a contract to for months particularly violating the rights of women he was captured

along with the. leader of the movement for unity and jihad in west africa say he was taken north of close to the border with algeria the capture of these two leaders demonstrates what everyone knows the city. and to book to my havens of security in a dangerous wilderness we were ourselves detained by the mali an army when trying to get to the city of any movement towards the north has been strictly forbidden since last weekend when six million soldiers were killed by explosives planted by rebels on the roads leading there was this risk affects the stability of the country distances in mali are so big that it is next to impossible to travel safely on the roads so now the region lacks food medicine and fuel specifically in this part of the region in mopti there are about seven thousand refugees on children suffer the most unless medication is brought in the centers treating malnutrition like the one we saw in mopti would face tragedy i mean. please treating

malnutrition is a necessity in today's critical situation negligence was the cause of malnutrition before but now and then this crisis most children are suffering tizen as it happens in every home where children don't get enough care and. the alternative syrians are being tried to deliver supplies to to book to be in the share and spread them to the north from there we also saw many people come to donate blood so desperately needed in hospitals a christian community in the central region of mali has been collecting supply i see that as. the war has taken on a religious meaning and when that happens the first thing they to announce their hunting us those who are directly linked with religion. get us out. despite the fact the war is moving away the situation remains critical to a country filled with refugees and. health and food crisis is putting eighty

million people at risk of malnutrition as there are so on us but what is what am i going to hear gonzalo launcher mali for r t. meanwhile mounting reports from cities that have been liberated suggests that freedom has come at a cost french air strikes have reportedly resulted in a number of civilian casualties. he's a research of from and the city international has just returned from the water on country and says the campaign raises many concerns. but we were able to to register was that to use tonight's violations including a charge to killings we collected testimonies from a large variety of people who told us how. some people are arrested in the town of severity and then brought in short of where they were created and then froning to the well later we had also stories about people who had been arrested and some of them disappeared regarding the care of these of the civilians

who were killed in the town of qana but we are asking both the french and the new nominees is not they should or should be a commission of inquiry just to to know the circumstances of the death of the five people who were killed including the children because these people need a potion there should be kind of warnings given to the civilian population so that they could they could leave d.d. was due to seek shelter elsewhere some of the. been leaving some of the towns in mali and they may be seeking refuge in other places i mean we have been writing about the hostage taking about kind of of some territory big taken into a stage and a concern also what we are concerned about is that there may be a prisoner tax agreement civilly and who may be accused of collaborating with the

armed groups so we are concerned about that. the iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad is in cairo on his first visit to egypt to more than thirty years he's attending a muslim summit and is discussing security issues with the country's leader mohamed morsy iran also wants karo on board with such issues as syria and its own nuclear program journalist neil clark told me earlier that tehran needs all the friends it can get iran's strongest ally in the arab world has now been serious serious been a lot of iran this is the reason why the pro israel lobby why the americans why the saudis etc so keen to talk a sad now there's no such moment the syrian government is about to fall but we're it for iran would be even more isolated than it is today and the unit in a very dangerous position so they are what makes good sense what iran is trying to build bridges with cairo are there financial motives behind this meeting where we've got to believe the economy isn't bearing in mind the situation there in iran

with all those sanctions appearing to have a quite an impact on the iranian economy do you do they both need each other i think they do and i think from morsi point of view i think as we see harty going to rest in egypt but people are very happy with how things have gone legacy and carry on a look at it and ship people are on iraq would be one way that she can say to these people look i'm not just a us puppet i'm going to be different here so i think from his point of view he could get popularity at home by taking a more conciliatory line toward iraq and from the rallying point of view course they've been pretty good on house i mean the pro israel lobby has been very successful in getting the u.s. and other countries to pass tougher and tougher sanctions on iran he really economy is a really bad state so iran needs all the friends it can get there's no reason for iraq should be isolated there's no proof it's developing nuclear weapons it's got a peaceful nuclear energy program which there's no evidence to the contrary so therefore it's it's wrong but it should be totally isolated. u.s.

president joe biden joined the british prime minister david cameron for a national security meeting earlier today in downing street it was attended by british military chiefs intelligence officials and political leaders the american v.p. arrived in the u.k. on monday following visits to berlin and paris for top level talks. as this report . for the vice president he is known for sometimes putting his foot in his mouth it could of almost being another gaffe but some a very quick to point out when he said that he talked of being delighted to have been invited to that meeting and of having spent half his life in security meetings in the u.s. but people are quick to point out you don't actually have a spoke for years on the u.s. national security council but he can be given that possibly he was referring to other security commitments but during his visit to downing street this is what part of what he took part in he was invited to this national security council meeting it was chaired by prime minister david cameron and it's thought that what was on the

agenda and talks about there were issues such as syria afghanistan iran and north africa now it's not unheard of the foreign nationals to attend u.k. national security council meetings although it certainly is not common practice now perhaps that's a sign of as jay biden made mention to the special relationship that britain and the u.s. enjoy he spoke of the u.s. and britain as having the most open relationship that they have with any country in the world well that's all well and good but is a satisfactory relationship everyone want to talk more about that i'm joined by a member of the u.k. independence party stephen wolf thank you very much joining us to stephen a from relationships let's go into that is it really beneficial day for everyone i'm not sure it actually is i mean it should be we are and we are two countries that actually share common values in terms of our legal systems our language the way

that we look at business and it should be but over the period of the years that we've had this special relationship to winston churchill first quarter of the frames we've seen lots of arguments between ourselves and those of you state clearly there was a huge to. from the way that the british public did not want to get involved in afghanistan we also had a disagreement in the way that we did not want to get in vietnam and recently we've had president obama suggesting that the british people should exercise that democrats and have a referendum of whether they should be in or out of the european union so clearly the special relationship is often tested but there's also people don't even believe that relationship is special. in the program this and the battle of negative press the u.k. sort of deflecting

a whole wave of eastern european immigrants with. just why they'd be better off staying at home that's. the way our system.

thanks. continues here in our to the gulf kingdoms of bahrain in kuwait has seen fresh public cries against the country's unelected routers who've been stepping up their crackdowns on dissent for the last two years calls for more rights and democracy are increasingly met with the wrists and brutal force as the conservatives refused to concede while the west is accused of turning a blind by its key arab allies is reports.

says. life in the gulf used to look like this. but the black gold hidden beneath the sands transforms the arabian states from inhospitable deserts came storing structures of glass and steel physical testaments to their wealth and power in a wider region known for its tinderbox tensions the gulf monarchies have stood out for their relative stability and for an oil dependent west eager for a military stronghold to counter on the gulf became a strategic away since petro dollars have helped to insulate the gulf against economic hardships plaguing other states but not against popular uprisings now the gulf monarchies as a whole have been struggling to stave off the effects of the arab spring with varying degrees of success kuwait has largely seen as the most tolerant of the gulf countries but the worry is that the trend could be reversed activists say that it already has been political gatherings of more than twenty people are banned as are

political parties and when the last opposition dominated parliament challenge the ruling authorities it was dismissed voting rules were changed to ensure critics say a more compliant parliament speaking out against the system has landed many activists in jail as for those who took to the streets to protest. we were beaten up by. the special forces team and the sound bombs and but on and after the march whoever is on the street isn't just being detained and thrown into jail it's a struggle activists in bahrain are all too familiar with. three days after egypt's former president was ousted from power protests began in both frames like the kuwaitis they weren't demanding an end to the monarchy but more representation and a violent crackdown saw a shift in some of those demands but there's still a lot of stuff it is a daily in different areas against the regime against that because i do that the

situation. one thousand five hundred prison others we have. every day we have a lot of. security forces surrounding gave us i think the people like that the houses as an other gulf states the monarchy blames the unrest on a radical minority they are hardliners they want to see regime change they want to implement their own style of government and impose on the rest of the population of bahrain a system of government that is totally unacceptable these demands call for a. minster style democracy captain head of style democracy in golf but critics disagree saying the protesters simply want their governments to listen i want to comes to violent crackdowns he says westminster and capitol hill simply turn a blind eye we are victims because we live in

a country which have the u.s. and the united states and they don't get aboard the people they don't care about the humanity they don't care about the bahraini blood they care about. whether in bahrain saudi arabia qatar oman or kuwait seems like this one are becoming. recently more common the massive shows like this one. alone isn't enough to insulate the countries from people taking to the streets and demanding a greater stake in their political system and unless the monarchies show themselves willing to listen their stability may prove to be. arty kuwait. you can always stay updated with all the latest news by heading to our website. some of the stories that we have right now people want to stay clear of chemists containing highly toxic chemicals the pristine beach on the country's east coast.

the websites the famous agatha christie. five a few sleepless nights. exposed britain's biggest wartime secret. speak your language. program documentaries in arabic. reporting from the world talks about fifty yards interviews an intriguing story. that. visit. the u.s. and south korea flexing their military muscles in the east china sea that's after north korea's recent threat to conduct a nuclear test seoul said the drills are part of regular military training while pyongyang claims it's a plot to attack it human rights lawyer and co-founder of the national campaign to end the korean war eric sorkin says washington's only pouring fuel into the. it's

the worst thing you can do under these circumstances is to inflame volatile situation to conduct these military exercises that always inflame that use live ammunition up and down the border with the with north korea this is inflammatory on a lot of levels and we need to step back with these naval exercises it's like a race to the bottom if you will when are we going to get more creative in the way that we resolve conflict in this world this conflict gives us such an opportunity with a new secretary of state new leader in south korea we should be pushing for peace suspend these naval exercises and go from there yes there should be non proliferation of nuclear weapons on the korean peninsula but we don't even recognize north korea as a nation have a peace treaty or formal relations to deal with these matters what do we expect.

israel is reportedly intending to create a buffer zone stretching up to seventeen kilometers inside syria the country's military sources insist the area will belong to syria and they're not invading a sovereign state israel also wants to place infantry brigades and a number of tanks there the stated aim of the zone is to prevent mortar and rocket attacks coming from inside the embattled country it's hoped this would also stop radical groups moving close to israeli territory if assad's government is toppled the security fence is now being erected along the frontier with syria in the golan heights but international relations expert dr jamal wakim thinks that this has very little to do with security. imposing a buffer zone will make israel in the future. negotiate over withdrawing from this buffer zone rather than withdrawing from the golan heights this is very similar to the attempt of israel in one thousand seventy eight to impose a buffer zone in south lebanon where it was the same claim that it wanted to defend

its northern border the objective is to annex more territories and at the same time and at them to threaten the massacres that so israel expands its domain by another seventeen kilometers this will make it reach close very close to damascus and this is very dangerous to the stability of the regime and with it will give the insurgents like free zone and free base a secure base to launch attacks against the syrian regime so this is a direct and thank them and of israel. same sex couples won't be allowed to adopt russian children countries child rights chief was responding after being asked how legislation a gay marriage in france could influence french parents looking to adopt from russia the campaign for and against same sex marriages in france has been escalate

. the parliament voted in favor of redefining marriage as an agreement between two people just a man and a woman and in the past few hours the u.k. has passed a bill legalizing marriage between gay couples the russian constitution does not however recognize gay marriage couples which prevents them from adopting or she also has a ban on adoption by american parents it says the u.s. hasn't done enough following a series of washing up to children being abused or killed. the u.k. is looking at ways to curb the wave of eastern european immigrants expected at its doors were remaining bold garia given unrestricted access to the e.u. in twenty fourteen the government's not considering a negative advertising campaign about the country to make it less appealing to potential movers or reports we have show many things going for our country the english language testing times brilliant history very creative people some of the best universities in the world a great place to do business we need to stand up and shout about how great britain

is and get people to come and invest and visit but that's not the message for everyone the u.k. government is reportedly brainstorming ways to dissuade eastern european immigrants from coming to britain come january twenty fourth teen twenty nine million romanians and bulgarians will be able to live and work anywhere in europe including the u.k. one idea being considered a negative advertising campaign about broken britain while the government considers that some creative brits have been all too happy to expose their nation's flaws for all to see as you can imagine not all the romanians living in the u.k. are cleaning the toilets some of them are highly qualified they've and understudies their so they find this very aggressive and under society campaigning as one minister per to it a negative ad campaign would help to correct the impression that these streets are paved with gold but even considering how to pull it off would be migrants the

british government has managed to offend not one but two whole countries and now one remaining newspaper has decided that rather than getting mad it's going to get even instead. the romanian spoof campaign says that since it's so tough in the u.k. the brits should come to remain the dane by the british people to come to romania are going there to hear half of our women look like kate and the other half like her. disturbed so this is a funny campaign but if you can see behind it there's actually a serious message which is that romania have still valuable resources intelligence and schumer and that britain should take advantage of this next wave of immigrants instead of marking them but the debate over immigration in the u.k. is growing more hostile some ministers have suggested limiting remaining in symbolic ariens access to health services and housing when they arrive i think it

will look good on us as a country to do something right about but i can see where where are the stories coming from of having a lot of people coming over here and looking for work and benefits and housing but i doesn't sit well with me really to do something like immigration so it's something you want to be careful in talking about offering is a bit silly to be honest because we're living in the union europe which is open for every every. which is you know in the union with the financial crisis getting worse britain isn't as attractive as it was to migrants a decade ago english somehow imagine that everybody in the world wants to come to england because england is obviously the most finest greatest country. in which people it is but they seem to forget that in the case of remaining friends and remain as a beautiful country it's a loving warm exciting country to live in today so when they produce these

statistics about thirty million remain and. everybody's going to leave and then the last one to light is going to be a single person left and then it really is nonsensical whether or not the anti britain campaign will ever make it to a billboard near proof the rest is now beside the point the british government has already made us members feel that little bit less welcome here. artsy london. well we have all business news after the break for and i'll be back with more international stories in about fifteen minutes from now stay with us is altie life in moscow.

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it's twenty six minutes past the hour are you watching the business program on archie while come to the show u.s. credit ratings agency standard and poor's has used to slopping companies with scores that have the power to make them or break them but now it looks like the agency itself is another spotlight is being blamed for the worst financial collapse since the great depression yes it's the two thousand and eight financial crisis the u.s. justice department is accusing it of being responsible for the onset of the crisis as katie pilbeam is here to discuss all details so cave what exactly is being accused of doing right well ok so firstly the justice department it has some pay for knowingly overvaluing these mortgage securities and it's another e-mail which is the important ones in this saying that they purposely exaggerated the walk of that for cools the financial crisis of two thousand i have

. referring to the first federal case against. company. relating to the crisis of this kind so that's why it's in full focus is the ratings that were made in two thousand and seven these mortgage securities that were then passed on to investment banks and then sold to investors who as a result lost billions of dollars but it does seem like the timing is pretty weird that happened like five years ago although all the sudden after s. and p. was the rating agency to slash the u.s. software. all of a sudden now i mean it does seem like a bit of a revenge. potentially i mean they would say that's absolutely not the case because this case was actually in progression actually since two thousand and eight so it's because of the complexities because the details of it all that's why it's only just come to light just now the street journal they were the publication that she

revealed the details of it and according to a simply they say that they do deeply regret of the consequences of their ratings so that they one act not that they knowingly made something of the way so a very good ninety years have completely also to mention the fact that they've also lost out financially because they have actually invested four hundred million dollars into bolstering the quality of their ratings so they've already had a cost on all of this which is on me is that they just forked out four hundred million dollars or make it doesn't happen again and then they're actually like damages that they might have to pay if they're found guilty well yeah we don't know the course of the moment but i would imagine it to be catastrophic and if we look at the stock markets already it's already been pretty dismal because the actual parent company or hill is s. and p. has already.